Legislation

Every year, the ACLU of RI lobbies on hundreds of bills during Rhode Island's annual Legislative Session. Below are some of the bills we have tracked and testified on before the General Assembly. For more info on advocating for the issues you care about, check out our Advocacy 101 Guide. To see how your Reps and Senators voted on various bills over the past few years, visit our Legislative Scorecards page.

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Mar 7, 2009

H 5172, S 153

Mar 7, 2009

H 5172, S 153

Political Surveillance (H 5172, S 153)

Position: Support

ACLU-promoted legislation was reintroduced to restrict political surveillance and data collection by police.

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Mar 7, 2009

H 5415, S 245

Mar 7, 2009

H 5415, S 245

HIV Testing (H 5415, S 245)

Position: Oppose

Status: Passed

The Affiliate fought legislation to expand HIV testing while reducing the confidentiality protections in place for patients.

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Mar 7, 2009

H 5359, S 185

Mar 7, 2009

H 5359, S 185

Medical Marijuana (H 5359, S 185)

Position: Support

Status: Passed

The House and Senate quickly and overwhelmingly overrode a Gubernatorial veto of legislation authorizing state-regulated dispensaries to provide medical marijuana to qualified patients.

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Mar 7, 2009

H 6210

Mar 7, 2009

H 6210

Administrative Subpoenas (H 6210)

Position: Oppose

The Senate steered clear of a troubling State Police proposal passed by the House. The bill would have given law enforcement agencies broad authority to secretly obtain, without a warrant, subscriber...

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Mar 7, 2008

Automated Traffic Monitoring Systems

Position: Oppose

Despite a recent and detailed ACLU report documenting that “red light cameras” appear to have had no positive impact on driver safety and have cost the City of Providence close to a million dollars, the...

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Mar 7, 2008

Disorderly Conduct

While significantly increasing the criminal penalties for “indecent exposure,” the legislature refused to approve an amendment which would have prevented police officers from serving as the sole complaining...

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